neuroimaging

noun

neu·​ro·​im·​ag·​ing ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈi-mə-jiŋ 

: a clinical specialty concerned with producing images of the brain by noninvasive techniques (such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging)

also : imaging of the brain by these techniques

Examples of neuroimaging in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Such tests aren’t routinely performed on people in an unresponsive state because this type of neuroimaging is time-consuming and its operation requires specialized skills. —Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2025

Perhaps most astounding is how youthful their brains appeared in both neuroimaging and neuropathology tests. —Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 27 Aug. 2025

For a typical listener, neuroimaging showed enhanced activity in regions such as the nucleus accumbens, part of the brain’s reward machinery, on hearing pleasant music. —Jay Kakade august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025

Under the direction of Professor Gerhard Gründer, head of the department of molecular neuroimaging at the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), individual patients in Mannheim and Berlin will be able to receive the drug in justified exceptional cases. —Sarah Sinclair, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for neuroimaging

• imaging

Medical Definition

neuroimaging

noun

neu·​ro·​im·​ag·​ing ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈim-ə-jiŋ 

: a clinical specialty concerned with producing images of the brain by noninvasive techniques (as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron-emission tomography)

also : imaging of the brain by these techniques